RUMOR - Activision's GoldenEye title a remake of the N64 classic

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jarrod said:

patjuan32 said:

Garnett said:

Doesnt RARE have to approve of this?

If RARE does approve this, MS better shove its foot so far up RARE's ass that avatar clothes come out , why would they allow it when Nintendo was being greedy with the rights...

But it does sound like Activision is gonna milk this series just like CoD and GH.

No, the Bond IP does not belong to Rare. Activision has the license to develop bond games similar to Ubisoft having the rights to develop Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles games. Ubisoft also remade one of Konami's classic games,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time, with out Konami's permission. Remember Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time Reshelled for the XBLA and the PSN.

Konami signed off on that btw.

Most speculation is that Rare just didn't retain rights over GE's code in the split, just like they didn't over games with Nintendo licenses (DKC, DKR, SFA, etc).  Rare only kept code and properties to original titles (Banjo Kazooie, Killer Instinct, Conker, etc) or games of theirs that pre-existed the Nintendo partnership (Sabrewulf, Battletoads, JetPac, etc).

But then why did Goldeneye levels end up in Perfect Dark. A Microsoft representative even stated this as a selling point for the Release of Perfect Dark on the XBLA.

Also, cany you find me a link that says Konami signed off on the Remake. I do not believe they did since they do not have the rights to the game.

http://xbox.joystiq.com/2010/02/19/perfect-dark-xbla-will-keep-goldeneye-maps/

http://www.videogamer.com/news/ms_confirms_goldeneye_maps_for_perfect_dark.html

http://retro.nintendolife.com/news/2010/02/xbla_perfect_dark_getting_goldeneye_maps_and_weapons